Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves

The Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves is a complex of Buddhist cave grottos dating from the 5th to 14th century between the cities of and Shanshan at the north-east of the Taklamakan Desert near the ancient ruins of Gaochang in the Mutou Valley, a gorge in the , in the region of western .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: cave in People’s Republic of China
  • Also known as: “Bezeklik Caves”

Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves

Latitude
42.95643° or 42° 57′ 23″ north
Longitude
89.53948° or 89° 32′ 22″ east
Elevation
239 metres (784 feet)
Open location code
8MJFXG4Q+HQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 187195092
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
9166631
Wiki­data ID
Q980774
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Bəzəklik mağaraları”
  • Basque: “Bezeklik leizeak”
  • Catalan: “Coves de Bezeklik”
  • Chinese: “柏孜克里克千佛洞”
  • Chinese: “柏孜克里千佛洞”
  • Chuvash: “Безеклик”
  • Dutch: “Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهوف بيزكليك”
  • French: “grottes des mille Bouddhas de Bezeklik”
  • French: “Grottes des mille Bouddhas de Bezeklik”
  • German: “Bezeklik-Höhlen”
  • German: “Tausend-Buddha-Höhlen von Bäzäklik”
  • Hebrew: “מערות בזקליק”
  • Hungarian: “Bezeklik ezer buddha-barlangok”
  • Hungarian: “Bezeklik Ezer Buddha-barlangok”
  • Indonesian: “Gua Ribuan Buddha Bezeklik”
  • Indonesian: “Gua Seribu Buddha Bezeklik”
  • Italian: “Grotte dei mille Buddha di Bezeklik”
  • Japanese: “ベゼクリク千仏洞”
  • Kazakh: “Безеклик”
  • Korean: “베제클리크 천불동”
  • Lithuanian: “Bezekliko Tūkstančio Budų urvai”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tusen Buddha-grottene i Bezeklik”
  • Norwegian: “Tusen Buddha-grottene i Bezeklik”
  • Polish: “Bezeklik”
  • Romanian: “peșterile celor O Mie de Buddha din Bezeklik”
  • Russian: “Безеклик”
  • Slovenian: “Jame Bezeklik”
  • Spanish: “Cuevas de Bezeklik”
  • Swedish: “Bäzäklik”
  • Swedish: “Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves”
  • Tatar: “Безеклик Мең Будда Мәгарәләре”
  • Turkish: “Bezeklik Mağaraları”
  • Uighur: “بېزەكلىك بۇددا غارلىرى”
  • Ukrainian: “Безеклік”

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